Tori Sparks interviews film composer and music supervisor Toni Mir. He has written soundtracks for award-winning shorts and films and was recently nominated for a 2020 Goya Award for Best Original Song in a film for “Allí en la Arena” from the movie La Inocencia. He is also the founder of Trafalgar 13 Music House, an independent composition and music supervision studio in Barcelona that creates music for television and commercials.

This month we spoke with casting director Luci Lenox of Frank Stein Studio. She has cast over 100 productions either as lead casting director or as Spanish or European casting director for international co-productions, including series (Westworld, The One, Warrior Nun, others), feature films (Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Victoria, Perfume and many more), as well as hundreds of commercials. She explains what it takes to transform the written word into living, breathing characters, and why every job or life experience she’s ever had has ultimately helped her be better at what she does.

Tori Sparks interviews world renowned lighting artist, set designer, director, videographer and tech wizard Franc Aleu. The Barcelona native has worked in opera houses all over the world—including Barcelona’s own Liceu—and created innovative art in uncommon formats and unexpected locations.

Is the future of opera virtual reality in three dimensions? Listen to the interview to find out!

This month, we invite you to sit in on a special quarantine edition of the MCC hosted by musician and Metropolitan collaborator Tori Sparks with award-winning poet, author, screenwriter, lyricist, and commissar of the BCNegra literary festival, Carlos Zanón. He tells us the difference between writing a novel and helping rock stars finish a song and explains how the nightlife of Barcelona figures into his particular personal style. (Interview in Spanish)

In this installment of the Metropolitan Culture Corner, we go behind the scenes with award-winning international playwright, director, producer and actress Denise Duncan, whose works for the stage challenge our hidden and sometimes not-so-hidden biases regarding gender, race and society.

Tori Sparks has a conversation with documentary filmmaker, author, animator, screenwriter, activist and composer Miles Roston. He takes us behind the scenes on his travels around the world, documenting social and human rights issues such as HIV/AIDS, gender equality, nuclear testing and much more.

Presenter Tori Sparks chats with actor Oscar Foronda, the only Spanish actor in the cast of the fourth season of the popular Netflix series The Crown. Foronda has appeared in over 85 films and TV series, as well as in numerous commercials. He shares his perspective on life, art, and the importance of following your own path in the face of adversity.

This month Tori interviews internationally sought-after Spanish architect and interior designer Lárazo Rosa Violán. Painter by eight years old, architect by 20, Lázaro opened his design studio in Barcelona in 2002 and has since left an indelible mark on the look of the city and the world with his trademark Baroque-vintage-industrial style

Hosted by singer, songwriter and Metropolitan collaborator Tori Sparks August's interview is with Croatian actor Luka Peroš, who plays the role of Marsella in the popular Netflix series La Casa de Papel (a.k.a. Money Heist). He lets us in on his acting process, shares stories from behind the scenes on set and explains how the global pandemic has affected him both personally and professionally.

In this month's MCC installment, host Tori Sparks speaks with internationally renowned mastering engineer Yves Roussel. He has worked on everything from Woody Allen movie soundtracks to commercials, from Grammy-winning pop records to local bands’ latest radio singles and he shows no signs of slowing down after 20+ years in the business. (Interview in English)